However, the Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987—a major source of underwater cultural heritage protection in the United States—remains unchanged instead of flowing with the tide of change. The United ...

As a result, Moyer gained title to the ship's valuable Italian mosaics. The law of finds pertains to abandoned shipwrecks, but for unabandoned wrecks—those whose owners still claim ownership ...

The 20ft (6m) former sailing yacht is among a growing number of abandoned boats around the ... there were risks microplastics ...

Most date from the Second World War. However, shipwrecks are not an issue consigned to the past. In the last decade, a global average of 73 ships with a displacement of more than 100 tonnes became ...

Meanwhile, they say, “the crew … completely abandoned all repair efforts.” A little before 3 a.m., MacLachlan reach his girlfriend on his cellphone and told her to call Sickinger. Nevins told the ...

Campaigners said the Hurley Burley was "a powerful symbol of the environmental impact abandoned vessels have" A small yacht that was left to rot in a Cornish creek has been given a new lease of ...